Longing

The chequered smell of a local boozer,
half-laden gentlemen belting out ballads.
Ronnie’s hoarse “óró, sé do bheatha ‘bhaile”,
Luke’s wayward journey across a rocky road.
Hummed among late night fumblings of keyholes.

Giuseppe Gillespie – Apr 2021

A.K.A ‘Táim ag Tnúth’. Níl aon rud cosúil leis na Dubliners a chloisteáil i sean-boozer!

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